Deja Views 8x8 Baby Girl Album Kit

I recently made a pre-made scrapbook for my cousin

for her baby-to-be. I think baby scrapbooks make

awesome gifts!

Anyways, I found the cutest little album kit

from scrapbook.com from Deja Views C-Through

baby collection. It's their 8x8 Album Kit

This kit is SUPER affordable and has everything

you need to make a really cute scrapbook (including

the album itself).

I made the entire book using only the materials

from the box (and a few tools that I had).

It turned out amazing and I will definitely

use this kit again in the future.

(just a thought, if you know someone who likes

scrapbooking, this kit would make a great gift

by itself!)

Here are some sample images of the scrapbook

I created using this Album Kit :)

Circle Cutter

Another must have tool (in my opinion) is a circle cutter

The one I have is a Fiskars Paper Cutter

You can get one online, or at your favorite scrapbook store.

It's a cool tool because it allows you to slide the blade farther

or closer to the center so you can make a huge variety of

circle sizes. Plus, it's very easy to use.

The top uses I have for it is

-Making journaling sections

-Using it as an embellishment

-Using it as a boarder to an embellishment

-Using it in the background to add more design

Here are some examples below:

This first example is of a journaling section. I used a larger

setting to make the pink striped circle, and then went down

a size to cut out the middle white part.

Here I used the plaid paper on the smallest setting, do

create little circle embellishments to fill empty space on the page.

Here I used it as a boarder for the sticker embellishment.

The sticker itself wasn't large enough to fill the space that

I wanted it to, so I just used the circle as a filler to add design.

This is another space filler scenario. The letters alone would

be bland and boring, so I used two separate circle sizes to make

boarders for the letters and then boarders for the circles.

Then I cut out pink circles to add more background fillers.

For this last one, I just wanted a little something extra on this

page, so I added a circle and had it peaking out from behind a boarder.It gave the page a little more sense of depth.

So there you have it! I'm sure there are a bunch of other

uses that I have yet to try out, but so far this tool has really

enhanced my page design.

Pre Made Scrapbook Gifts

Pre Made Scrapbooks are cool for three reasons.

1st: it's a personalized gift that has a lot of meaning

2nd: It's easy for them to finish and personalize

3rd: It gives me an excuse to scrapbook!

It's really simple, you just design the pages and then

label what size of pictures are meant to go where.

Then, once they print pictures from their event, they

can simply insert the right size pictures and TADA! a cute

scrapbook, all ready to go :)

I got the paper from scrapbook.com

It's the Creative Imaginations Breathless Collection

The embellishments and borders are stuff I picked up

at JoAnne